I've lived in Lancashire all my life, work was a twenty minute drive away, perhaps 25 at bad traffic times. The Lake district, or the Yorkshire dales are about an hour away,
I just can't visualise the lifestyle of those living and working in London.
I've often visited London as a tourist, the hustle and bustle and the travel by Tube is then an adventure, but as a daily routine? No way!
As Phoenix says, a few days of that and the return home is a huge pleasure. I genuinely thank my luck stars that life panned out that way